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Nigh-brush

by David M Willis on June 22, 2020 at 12:01 am
  • 03 - When It Crumbles
└ Tags: dorothy, walky

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    June 22, 2020 at 12:01 am | #

    [citation needed]

    [for reasons]

    • Stephen Bierce
      Stephen Bierce
      June 22, 2020 at 12:19 am | #

      It’s the first Chevy of the ’80s
      The first Chevy of its kind
      It’s the new Chevy kind of compact
      It’s that favorite car you had in mind

      Chevy Citaaaaaaaaaaaation!

      If you remember this jingle you definitely watched too much TV in the Eighties.

      • Hex Hornet
        Hex Hornet
        June 22, 2020 at 12:31 am | #

        Guilty as charged.

      • Figureaddict
        Figureaddict
        June 22, 2020 at 11:33 am | #

        Couldn’t stop laughing at this, and now can’t get it out of my head!

      • brionl
        brionl
        June 22, 2020 at 11:40 am | #

        I do not remember that at all. But I was in the US Navy in the early 80’s and spent a lot of time underwater, in lieu of watching TV.

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        June 22, 2020 at 3:39 pm | #

        OMG, that was such a crappy car.

        • Schol-R-LEA
          Schol-R-LEA
          June 22, 2020 at 11:17 pm | #

          I am no one to talk, in 1987 my car was a used Shitvette, I mean Chevette.

          • thejeff
            thejeff
            June 22, 2020 at 11:37 pm | #

            Hey, I had Shove-it as well. Around the same time, maybe a few years later.

            • Roborat
              Roborat
              June 23, 2020 at 3:29 pm | #

              In my early adult years I worked for Hertz, half the fleet was chevettes, I really, really hated those cars.

  2. King Daniel
    King Daniel
    June 22, 2020 at 12:02 am | #

    Well tomorrow’s the last strip of the storyline, I guess everyone gets butts disease

    • Lingo
      Lingo
      June 22, 2020 at 12:27 am | #

      Man I hope somebody remembered Faz.

      • butts
        butts
        June 22, 2020 at 12:33 am | #

        faz will not be getting butts disease

    • clif
      clif
      June 22, 2020 at 12:56 am | #

      At least the next Chapter isn’t titled “mistakes were made.”

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      June 22, 2020 at 5:33 am | #

      Soggies may rule.

  3. C.T Phipps
    C.T Phipps
    June 22, 2020 at 12:03 am | #

    I envision Dorothy jumping on a nearby passing truck’s top and flipping Walky off now.

    Because when you end a relationship, you should always make sure it explodes behind you while power walking with sunglasses.

    • Chris
      Chris
      June 22, 2020 at 12:05 am | #

      And whatever you do, don’t look back at the explosion.

      • abysswatcher1993
        abysswatcher1993
        June 22, 2020 at 12:17 am | #

        Fuck off, I look at my on explosions. Only pansy edgelords don’t look at their work.

        I am a student of the great mage Megumin!

      • hof1991
        hof1991
        June 22, 2020 at 8:11 am | #

        If you can see the explosion, the explosion can see you. So don’t look and you’ll be safe.

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        June 22, 2020 at 11:13 am | #

        I have cameras record it, so I can watch it later.

  4. Nick Piers
    Nick Piers
    June 22, 2020 at 12:03 am | #

    Those citations have many end notes, I’m sure.

    • woobie
      woobie
      June 22, 2020 at 12:43 am | #

      Dorothy wants a sight of the cite.
      Just to be sure.

  5. danielle
    danielle
    June 22, 2020 at 12:04 am | #

    david has made his ASSertion

  6. Chris
    Chris
    June 22, 2020 at 12:04 am | #

    Would her first brush with mortality be the Druggo McStabbed incident?

    • danielle
      danielle
      June 22, 2020 at 12:05 am | #

      i believe so, yes

  7. C.T Phipps
    C.T Phipps
    June 22, 2020 at 12:05 am | #

    Walky, I’m pretty sure this is cheating on your not-quite-broken-up-with current girlfriend.

    This is what Mako did. Do you want to be like Mako? No, because Mako didn’t deserve Korra or Asami.

    Do you want Amber and Dorothy to get together? Wait, bad example.

    • abysswatcher1993
      abysswatcher1993
      June 22, 2020 at 12:15 am | #

      I call that bad writing from the korra team. Korra x Mako was going to be the main ship because there was no certainty of a second season, and when it happened it was considered the leats liked season of korra.

      • C.T Phipps
        C.T Phipps
        June 22, 2020 at 12:20 am | #

        Bolin and Ron Stoppable show that maybe they’re not the perfect boyfriend but they will crawl through broken glass for you and that’s a point in their favor.

        The Makos? Not so much.

        • adam Black
          adam Black
          June 23, 2020 at 1:45 am | #

          Bolin / Ron Stoppable

          someone make it happen

      • PhyrexianRogue
        PhyrexianRogue
        June 22, 2020 at 6:44 am | #

        Afaik with Korra that was also executive meddling though, not just the writing team being bad. They weren’t initially planning on Korra x Mako to be a thing, that was only changed/added later because traditional pairings made the show more likely to get greenlit for additional seasons.

    • DailyBrad
      DailyBrad
      June 22, 2020 at 12:20 am | #

      They’re explicitly not dating. Like, not even ambigiously.

    • ktbear
      ktbear
      June 22, 2020 at 12:52 am | #

      You’re right of course, asking if we want Ambster and Dotty to get together is like asking if we want pepper on our scrambled eggs or….or pineapple on our pizza or…. or beetroot on our burger!

      • Bicycle Bill
        Bicycle Bill
        June 22, 2020 at 2:34 am | #

        Pepper on our eggs?  Yes, please.
        Pineapple on a pizza?  Certainly, and don’t forget the diced ham/Canadian bacon and sauerkraut.
        But what the hell is beetroot?

        • Norah
          Norah
          June 22, 2020 at 3:18 am | #

          Beetroot is what British people call beets.

        • van Ryswyk
          van Ryswyk
          June 22, 2020 at 4:23 am | #

          Beetroot is a root vegetable. Red and stains EVERYTHING. Is frigging delicious, whether you get it roast a fresh one, or get can of pre-sliced beets.

          Putting beetroot on a Burger is how you can tell someone who grew up in Australia from someone who merely got used to the place.

          • Lanie
            Lanie
            June 22, 2020 at 5:12 am | #

            Beetroot isn’t bad, but it kind of tastes like sweet dirt, but I mean that in the best way. Do Australians use roasted beets on their burgers? That feels a bit reminiscent of putting pineapple on a burger, which I think is pretty good for what it’s worth.

            • Zaxares
              Zaxares
              June 22, 2020 at 6:58 am | #

              They most certainly do! I detest beetroot myself, but putting beetroot on a burger (or in hot dogs) is considered quintessentially Aussie cuisine.

        • khn0
          khn0
          June 22, 2020 at 9:52 am | #

          “A sort of parsnip is the beet-root, which came through Italy not long ago. It is a very red, quite big, root of which leaves are beets, and all of this is good to eat, once prepared: if the root is to class under the delicate meats, of which juice it releases while cooking, similar to sugar sirup, is very lovely to the view by its ruddy colour.” de Serres, Agriculture theater and field management, 1600

          • Jungle Dwayne
            Jungle Dwayne
            June 22, 2020 at 11:47 am | #

            This guy beets

        • Username Taken
          Username Taken
          June 22, 2020 at 10:38 am | #

          I believe “beetroot” is the person you’re promised to marry.

    • Meagan
      Meagan
      June 22, 2020 at 2:03 am | #

      Gah, I just finished season two of Korra. I heard that Korra ends up with a woman but I didn’t know who. Dang. I’m spoiled now.

    • Laladoria
      Laladoria
      June 22, 2020 at 2:17 am | #

      Amber and Walky aren’t dating. They’re specifically stopping themselves from dating, on purpose, with a lot of effort.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      June 22, 2020 at 5:48 am | #

      I’ve never watched Legend of Korra, so I always assume these are references to Mako the actor.

  8. bryy
    bryy
    June 22, 2020 at 12:05 am | #

    “As tempting as that may be” plus “I like citations”….

    welp. they are boning, it looks like.

    • clif
      clif
      June 22, 2020 at 9:33 am | #

      Remains to be seen. Spending time together now in Walky’s no-roommate room and getting back together are two different decisions.

  9. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    June 22, 2020 at 12:05 am | #

    Nice try Walky. This might get me heat but I think Dorothy might be better than him.

    • Badgermole
      Badgermole
      June 22, 2020 at 12:10 am | #

      Dorothy is absolutely better than him. She needs an equal partnership in a romantic relationship and Walky can’t give her that.

      • Zaxares
        Zaxares
        June 22, 2020 at 7:09 am | #

        Yeah, I’m inclined to agree. I’m not going to say that Dorothy is worth X points and Walky is worth X-50 points or something like that, because I believe that trying to assign a concrete, numeric value to how someone lives their life is wrong, but it’s very clear that the kind of life that would make each of them happy is very, VERY different. Walky does not have Dorothy’s drive and ambition; she’s the type of person who would spend her weekends networking and attending charity balls, while Walky would much prefer to just sleep in and then watch cartoons/engage in hanky panky till dinnertime. Ultimately, I think the kind of person who will make Dorothy most happy is someone equally as driven as her, somebody who will inspire both of them to ever-greater heights of accomplishment through friendly and mutual competition. Walky, meanwhile, would be happiest with somebody who’s kind, understanding and laid-back, who will be happy regardless of what the future holds, as long as she’ll be with him. (In this, ironically, he’s not that much different from Danny.)

        • clif
          clif
          June 22, 2020 at 9:38 am | #

          Complete lattices imply underlying metrics.

    • Diner Kinetic
      Diner Kinetic
      June 22, 2020 at 12:13 am | #

      I mean, Walky’s bitter about rejection, which definitely isn’t great in the moment. I’d say in *general*, neither of them are healthy people- Walky doesn’t make choices with concern for long-term repercussions and Dorothy’s a legit workaholic who’s concept of self-care is basically nonexistent in a way that’s, like gauraunteed to make her crash and burn. Meanwhile, Walky tends to see success as unattainable and give up instantly while Dorothy is *very* confident she can achieve her dreams but is irationally willing to destroy herself to get there.

      Um, romantically she’s more reasonable tho. Walky’s not being a monster but he is coming off as pushy; altho she doesn’t seem to be upset by it. That… was a bit longer than it likely had to be

      • C.T Phipps
        C.T Phipps
        June 22, 2020 at 12:16 am | #

        Nah, Dorothy needs a supportive doormat for sex and emotional needs!

        Too bad Dan was too Dan-like.

      • Sirksome
        Sirksome
        June 22, 2020 at 12:42 am | #

        I like the analysis! I was more or less thinking about how right now he’s using the fact that they were both in a life threatening situation as an excuse to get back with his ex the day after grinding on another girl, while Dorothy who would probably very much enjoy boning a Walky, still rejected him because she doesn’t want to lead him on as she knows she’s not capable of investing in Walky the same way he would her right now. All while saying something positive and life affirming. Like I don’t believe in “leagues” but Dorothy is definitely out of Walky’s. Be better Walky!

        But who knows what will happen tomorrow right? Maybe this chapter was all about Walky and Dorothy getting back together and all the crazy dad kidnapping stuff was just filler.

        • Diner Kinetic
          Diner Kinetic
          June 22, 2020 at 12:50 am | #

          Oh yeah what walky’s doing now is hella sketchy- like I’ve never been in this exact situation but it doesn’t seem like a great time for flirting; esp. not when you’re sort-of-dating the woman who saved both of your lives.
          Basically: Walky needs to learn to move on! Or dorothy could become receptive to a relationship when *not* freshly retrieved from a murder-house. Or some combination!

      • Devin
        Devin
        June 22, 2020 at 12:58 pm | #

        I think he’s in an emotionally vulnerable place and doesn’t know how to express that. This seems to be the best he can do at the moment. Which isn’t great to be sure.

        Also I disagree that Walky tends to see success as unattainable and give up instantly. What happened to him is not unlike what happened to me in college. He was a kid who never had to try to excel in school until he got to college, so he never had to learn any of the tools to get himself to where he needed to be, and college is very much not set up to have the same kind of automatic support system of lower grades, which means his denial is leading him on a path for failure that will have no external intervention until it’s forced on him (fails the class and his parents find out, say). I don’t think that means he thinks success is unattainable, I think he just had absolutely no roadmap on how to get there, and the directions he’s been given from others make no sense to him, because he doesn’t know how to drive a car, he’s always just teleported to his destination before.

    • DailyBrad
      DailyBrad
      June 22, 2020 at 12:21 am | #

      Relationships are not DBZ, and there aren’t power levels or something. It’d be a lot easier if it even remotely worked like that.

      • Diner Kinetic
        Diner Kinetic
        June 22, 2020 at 12:32 am | #

        His butt… it’s OVER 9,000!

        • StClair
          StClair
          June 22, 2020 at 12:40 am | #

          What, 9000!? There’s no way that can be right, can it?!

        • woobie
          woobie
          June 22, 2020 at 12:44 am | #

          It took a crane to get it out.

        • Deanatay
          Deanatay
          June 22, 2020 at 11:24 am | #

          Eh, his butt is just a 1006, you can take ’em, Kurillin… oh, wait, had the reader upside down…

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        June 22, 2020 at 5:52 am | #

        The relative passage of time isn’t too far off…

    • Norah
      Norah
      June 22, 2020 at 1:01 am | #

      I think it’s better to say Dorothy is more mature than Walky in many ways. Or even that they’re not suited to each other because of their personality types.i don’t like using “out of someone’s league” because it can be misused to mean physical attractiveness or social status.

      • Geneseepaws
        Geneseepaws
        June 22, 2020 at 2:06 am | #

        Doesn’t it just mean that they are standing about 3.3 miles apart? I mean in Land Leagues, not Nautical Leagues. Oh, you’re right! This social standing around will soon lead to engaging in social intercourse. Not what either of them needs ATM.

        • clif
          clif
          June 22, 2020 at 9:50 am | #

          I see it as something that’s really problematic for the future, but what they both need at the moment. Dorothy is better at living partially in the future while Walky lives more in the present. Time binding, and living partially in the future is a valuable skill, but the thing about the future is that you have to make it through the present to get there.

      • Devin
        Devin
        June 22, 2020 at 12:59 pm | #

        She’s more mature than him to be sure, but I don’t think that they’re unsuited to each other. I actually think that were Walky more mature they’d be almost perfectly suited to each other. They have some very complementary strengths and weaknesses.

  10. Kyrik Michalowski
    Kyrik Michalowski
    June 22, 2020 at 12:06 am | #

    Oh Dorothy, eventually you’ll learn to develop a work-life balance that allows you to have someone in your life. Anyone want to place bets on how long it takes her though?

    • abysswatcher1993
      abysswatcher1993
      June 22, 2020 at 12:13 am | #

      I would bet she can meet love one day, but her personal happiness and that of every women and men shouldn’t depend on finding a lover. It’s a big mistake to think that everyone will find their “soul mate”. Some people are happy just doing what they like.

      • DailyBrad
        DailyBrad
        June 22, 2020 at 12:24 am | #

        The problem is that Dorothy *isn’t* happy. A lot of her compromises she’s made have already shown themselves to be bad for her, like how she burns her candle at both ends.

        Even if Walky weren’t part of the juggling act, I don’t think she could have gotten through this year without hitting a wall. Walky just kinda helped expose the cracks earlier, in a sentence that sounds way dirtier than intended.

        • Regalli
          Regalli
          June 22, 2020 at 6:35 pm | #

          Yeaaaah, Dorothy burning out is pretty much inevitable, Walky or no – the way she cuts leisure time as superfluous and unimportant if her academic work is suffering, and how she’ll neglect everything for crunch? Both of those are VERY BAD for her in the long run. (Not just in the ‘this will eventually cause health problems’ level, your brain just can’t sustain that.) Honestly I think having dated Walky actually put off her burnout for a bit.

          Dorothy doesn’t NEED a relationship to be happy, no. She DOES need breaks from her work, academic or volunteering, and those lowkey cartoon dates with Walky were a good thing in that respect. (Granted, I had a depressive burn out and not just a straight overwork one, but even in a good mental health state my energy’s still not back to where it was before the successive depressive episodes since 2013.)

    • C.T Phipps
      C.T Phipps
      June 22, 2020 at 12:17 am | #

      Dorothy: My life goal plan 142# is to have a series of affairs with much younger men who sign NDAs from my 40s to 50s.

    • Norah
      Norah
      June 22, 2020 at 1:09 am | #

      Dorothy needs to develop a work-life balance, period. She doesn’t necessarily need to have a partner unless she wants to and finds the right one. But she does need to eat and sleep somewhat regularly, and she’s not doing that now. She needs some down time occasionally, and to spend time with friends. If, in doing that, she finds a boyfriend, that’s great. But she doesn’t *need* a boyfriend.

    • Fart Captor
      Fart Captor
      June 22, 2020 at 3:19 am | #

      I find it really gross how much open contempt y’all have for the idea that someone choosing to put off romantic relationships to focus on other long term goals might have ACTUALLY MADE A HEALTHY, MATURE DECISION FOR THEMSELF

      Why is it so inconceivable to you that someone else might have different priorities?

      Like, sure. Dorothy was overdoing it. Then she dumped Walky and a few of her extracurricular things like the newspaper and has been doing much better. Making enough time for hygiene and fun is absolutely important. Making time for a boyfriend is only important if that’s something she wants right now. Which it isn’t. Boyfriends will still exist a few years from now.

      • dralou
        dralou
        June 22, 2020 at 6:54 am | #

        Completely agree. I was genuinely wondering if it was only me who thought that she actually did better now than a few weeks ago(story-time). Even if she’s planning her schedule with a minute-by-minute agenda…

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        June 22, 2020 at 8:02 am | #

        Except it’s been pretty clear that she did want a boyfriend or at least she enjoyed having one. She’s been shown struggling with herself from the start – torn between her emotional needs and her calculated plans. Her initial comments about not needing the “distraction” and various attempts to limit the nature of the relationship – limits she kept breaking.

        Potential boyfriends may still exist in a few years, but relationships don’t get any easier or less time consuming after college, nor does a workaholic building an ambitious career likely have more free time for such distractions.

        I’m not fond of the trope that ambitious women have to avoid relationships to be successful and it seems that’s what’s being established here. I don’t think that’s the intent, but her apparent quick recovery after breaking up with Walky points that way. I do suspect we’ll circle back around to that at some point, whether with Walky or someone else. Enough’s been set up as a conflict for her that I think it will be explored eventually.

        • clif
          clif
          June 22, 2020 at 9:59 am | #

          “limits she kept breaking” – and leaving Walky with the emotional whiplash.

        • Crash
          Crash
          June 22, 2020 at 11:05 am | #

          So here’s a plot twist, you do not, in fact require a boyfriend for the activties Dorothy is/was interested in when she had Walky filling the spot. Y’all need to get off her back about this.

          If i may be so bold as to pretend absolutely right choices do exist, she made one when she dumped Walky. They weren’t good for each other, she noticed this, ended it.

          I don’t know where you’re getting the trope from. I do not deny it’s existence and the troubles it poses, but as far as Dorothy is concerned, claiming a 19 years old college student is filling up a woman-in-power quota is… a stretch. Plus, you’re assuming she is never again in her life going to try a relationship. She doesn’t/didn’t have time for a boyfriend now, and while it doesn’t get any easier, her priorites can and will change over the course of her life. Not wanting a relationship now, for reasons of keeping a better mental health is a good and valid choice, and this past (in-comic) week has proven it did wonders for her. And lest we forget, while the trope is damaging, not having a relationship is not, in fact, a scar on womanhood. Some women simply don’t want them.

          I also do not appreciate this extreme aversion y’all seem to be having about her schedule. Us ADHD people benefit a lot from schedules and having a minute-by-minute one did me absolute wonders in high school. Her current schedule seems to actually be helping her get a healthier lifestyle.

          • thejeff
            thejeff
            June 22, 2020 at 2:55 pm | #

            Dorothy never hinted that she thought Walky wasn’t good for her, though she did say she wasn’t being fair to him. Nor is there any reason to think her only interest in him was sex.

            She broke up with him because she thought she didn’t have time for a boyfriend – rightly or wrongly. Not because she didn’t love him, not because she replaced him with “other Walky” because she only cared about the sex. The explicit reason for the breakup was her lack of time. With a side of her not treating him fairly because she kept trying to put limits on the relationship and then not being able to stick to them herself.

            As for the trope: she’s the ambitious woman in this comic – pretty much the only main character with big goals. Part of her character conflict has been from the start the work/life balance thing. Especially her need for a relationship conflicting with her goals. Currently that seems to have been resolved with “Forget the relationships, stick to the plan”. If she didn’t want a relationship, that wouldn’t be a conflict. She could simply be uninterested. She’s not. Since it’s been made a conflict and apparently resolved by giving up the relationship, it’s a clear example of the trope.
            I do think it’s not actually resolved and she’ll get involved again, either with Walky or someone else and she will have to grow and find a better solution. Which will not, to be clear, be giving up on her ambitions.

            • LauraS
              LauraS
              June 22, 2020 at 8:20 pm | #

              Not quite the only character with big goals. Sarah wants to be a lawyer, and got raked over the coals pretty thoroughly by the comments section for not sacrificing her scholarship to play personal therapist to Dana.

        • Fart Captor
          Fart Captor
          June 22, 2020 at 12:00 pm | #

          Nobody, including Dorothy, is saying she doesn’t feel romantic or sexual attraction. Being horny does not mean she wants a boyfriend RIGHT NOW, anymore than my being sleepy means I want to go back to bed. Sure, on one level I do, but I have other shit that I want to get done which I’m willing to resist my immediate bodily urges to accomplish

          She has repeatedly emphasized how much her long term goals matter to her and her people keep acting like shit like this means she’s wrong about her own wants and it’s CREEPY. Especially since sexual urges can be alleviated in a much more time efficient way by a little thing called masturbation. It’s even easier than casual sex and a vibrator’s feelings won’t be hurt when she doesn’t have time for it

          • Diner Kinetic
            Diner Kinetic
            June 22, 2020 at 2:23 pm | #

            It honestly seems to me that the situation is basically understood pretty well by most of us- Dorothy doesn’t want to date Walky (she’s got other priorities) and Walky should probably move on; but breaking up with Walky might or might not actually make those goals achievable- we don’t know Dorothy’s upper limits, and honestly neither does she, so there’s a chance she might need to dial back an extracurricular or two as well.

            I think the cognitive wiggle-wobble that effects a lot of readers comes from a mixture of liking/disliking a certain ship, character loyalty (Walky!stans don’t want his worries about being a liability to be basically confirmed by narrative; Dorothy!peeps don’t want dorothy to be “punished” for the narrative for breaking up with him) and the fact that some *audiences members* think of romantic pursuits as more valuable than career pursuits in their own lives (I’m one of those!), and kind of project the anxieties surrounding that onto this relationship (I try not to do that tho). It’s an ending that makes a lot of logical sense, but because of the tropes we’ve been saturated with IRL and the emotions we might sympathize with more- I.E, Dorothy’s or Walkys, depending on our goals- it only makes emotional sense for like half the fandom, and therefore takes more work to accept.

          • thejeff
            thejeff
            June 22, 2020 at 2:56 pm | #

            I think it’s kind of lousy to reduce their relationship to just her being horny and Walky to just an inconvenient vibrator.

            • Fart Captor
              Fart Captor
              June 22, 2020 at 10:52 pm | #

              Oh for fucks sake. Literally every time she slipped up during their “pause” it was sexual. The entire original basis for their relationship WAS “CASUAL SEX”.

              What she didn’t have time for was the commitment required for a romantic relationship. That’s why she ended it

              Yes, she likes Walky. Yes she wants to have a long term relationship eventually. She does not however want a relationship with Walky badly enough to make time to give him the attention and care he deserves from a girlfriend.

              This is how prioritizes fucking work.

    • Strangeshapes
      Strangeshapes
      June 22, 2020 at 10:39 am | #

      Playing the long, loooong game here, but maybe what Dorothy needs is someone like Jacob? Conscientious, appropriately but not hyper ambitious, with a mellow side that might offset the manic stuff. The only two downsides I see at the moment are a) while Dorothy would likely respect Jacob’s thoughts on sex, she has a more pragmatic approach and they might be incompatible as a result; and b) two of her friends have/had crushes on him, making him generally off-limits by the college friend code until both are at least dating other people. But still, long game.

      • Barswanian
        Barswanian
        June 22, 2020 at 11:19 am | #

        Dorothy needs a Becky. President & the person to get her there. If only Dorothy would put aside her anger and see the potential! 😉

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        June 22, 2020 at 2:37 pm | #

        I think they’d be a boring match. They’re too similar and would just reinforce each other’s tendencies.

  11. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    June 22, 2020 at 12:08 am | #

    *plays KC & The Sunshine Band’s “Shake Your Booty” from some dorm room window upstairs*

  12. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    June 22, 2020 at 12:08 am | #

    And big fat asses.

    • butts
      butts
      June 22, 2020 at 12:36 am | #

      yeah we know how much you love asses

      • ktbear
        ktbear
        June 22, 2020 at 12:59 am | #

        I love asses, they usually get such a bum rap. But those big brown eyes and those cute ears… Ass for arses, I’ve never understood some American’s fascination with fat butts.

        • clif
          clif
          June 22, 2020 at 9:56 am | #

          All boats are different, and as long as no-one’s getting hurt, whatever floats them is fine.

  13. mrnoidea
    mrnoidea
    June 22, 2020 at 12:09 am | #

    DoA Book 10: My Butt Is *Very* Round. I Can Get Citations.

  14. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    June 22, 2020 at 12:10 am | #

    “I do have an affinity for large posteriors, I must admit. And anyone else I know will vouch for this. As such if a boy were to come my way with a slim figure and yet a large curvature directly in front of me, I’m liable to become aroused.

    • a/snow/mous/e
      a/snow/mous/e
      June 22, 2020 at 12:17 am | #

      ah yes, Dame Stir Thoroughly

      • a/snow/mous/e
        a/snow/mous/e
        June 22, 2020 at 12:20 am | #

        from her classic song “Infant Returned”

    • Crash
      Crash
      June 22, 2020 at 11:09 am | #

      Thank you so much.

  15. abysswatcher1993
    abysswatcher1993
    June 22, 2020 at 12:11 am | #

    Dorothy, you are a love.

    Walky, don’t use your butt to justify your problems. You deserve happiness too.

  16. Jess
    Jess
    June 22, 2020 at 12:16 am | #

    Aw, that’s a good speech. I’m feeling it, tbh, nicely done.

  17. C.T Phipps
    C.T Phipps
    June 22, 2020 at 12:18 am | #

    Walky: Doesn’t this make you rethink things?

    Dorothy: Yeah, I wish I’d dumped you earlier.

    Walky: :shocked pikachu face:

    • a/snow/mous/e
      a/snow/mous/e
      June 22, 2020 at 12:21 am | #

      pfffff

  18. Bagge
    Bagge
    June 22, 2020 at 12:19 am | #

    A+ speech, Dorothy.
    A+ butt, Walky.

  19. DrWattson
    DrWattson
    June 22, 2020 at 12:23 am | #

    Are these butt citations in MLA or Chicago format?

    • Solenoid
      Solenoid
      June 22, 2020 at 12:37 am | #

      The citations are available in all relevant formats, I’m sure.

    • clif
      clif
      June 22, 2020 at 12:51 am | #

      Neither. APA style.

    • hof1991
      hof1991
      June 22, 2020 at 8:17 am | #

      Dorothy uses a citation manager so she can cite in any format she wants.

      • clif
        clif
        June 22, 2020 at 10:04 am | #

        Are citation managers a thing?

        Of course they are.

        Why aren’t they built into word-processors standard? Not that I would give up index cards.

  20. AndieStardust
    AndieStardust
    June 22, 2020 at 12:26 am | #

    Gonna put a question here in case anyone knows: The comic doesn’t load at 12 for me sometimes but I see people commenting between then and whenever it loads for me, but how?
    Today I didn’t see it until 12:15ish.

    I get that a few people enter the name of the comic in the url if you’re a patron and have seen the comic already but does everyone do that and I’m just seeing it when everyone else does?

    • Chris
      Chris
      June 22, 2020 at 12:53 am | #

      It’s usually available on the home page well before it’s linked from the previous day’s comic.

    • Cholma
      Cholma
      June 22, 2020 at 1:24 am | #

      I just wait until Willis posts the link in Twitter and click that.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      June 22, 2020 at 5:58 am | #

      I just check the comic after I wake up at 1 AM, and there’s usually at least fifty comments by then.

      ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

  21. Lingo
    Lingo
    June 22, 2020 at 12:32 am | #

    Walky, you’re a little skinny dude. You may have luscious caramel abs but I find it hard to believe you have a big round butt.

    • Norah
      Norah
      June 22, 2020 at 1:10 am | #

      Maybe a small round butt?

      • Lingo
        Lingo
        June 22, 2020 at 10:19 pm | #

        Even so!

        I guess I’m just jealous. Mine is flat as a pancake.

  22. Hex Hornet
    Hex Hornet
    June 22, 2020 at 12:32 am | #

    Round butts do not a bright future make.
    Makes the present a whole heckuva lot more enjoyable, though.

    • Zee
      Zee
      June 22, 2020 at 2:15 pm | #

      We don’t know, walky could have a bright and profitable future on onlyfans

  23. butts
    butts
    June 22, 2020 at 12:33 am | #

    now if willis would just zoom in on it for once, i could get a new profile pic

    • Hex Hornet
      Hex Hornet
      June 22, 2020 at 2:14 am | #

      Is Walky the Nightwing of the Dumbiverse?!

      • butts
        butts
        June 22, 2020 at 3:13 am | #

        he WOULD be, if i could get a CLOSEUP

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        June 22, 2020 at 11:29 am | #

        Nightbutt

  24. Huehuetotl
    Huehuetotl
    June 22, 2020 at 12:33 am | #

    right call, wrong reason. Panel three D:< He's a mess, needs some sort of intimacy, and that condescending claptrap.

  25. BBCC
    BBCC
    June 22, 2020 at 12:34 am | #

    Okay, question – is Walky dating Amber?

    If so, Walky, it’s okay to confess if you still like her, but remember, break up first.

    If not, go nuts.

    And god, I admire Dorothy. I wish I had her conviction.

    • Jay
      Jay
      June 22, 2020 at 2:40 am | #

      I don’t think even Walky knows what their relationship technically is rn

      • clif
        clif
        June 22, 2020 at 9:22 am | #

        They”re dating, but pretending to themselves that they aren’t because the sexual tension is more fun that way.

    • Zee
      Zee
      June 22, 2020 at 2:16 pm | #

      They’re officially broken up but they still mess around bc horny dumbasses

    • Regalli
      Regalli
      June 22, 2020 at 6:49 pm | #

      Honestly I have no idea.

      Frankly I don’t really think Dorky’s going to resail, at least not any time soon. Which, eh, fine. I think Walky needs to pull a Danny and NOT date for a little bit if/when the thing with Amber fizzles, and my concerns with Dorothy are settled so long as she has SOME regular social interactions. I do worry that after midterm results come out she’s going to throw herself into another crunch streak – pretty sure the reason she’s doing better now is because she finished that set of extra credit assignments she was working on. If her grades slip again, I don’t feel confident she WON’T fall back in that habit.

  26. TheStranger
    TheStranger
    June 22, 2020 at 12:34 am | #

    Dropping the “I love you” and “I’m well aware I’m in love with an idiot” bombs on a guy who, at the time, thought he was in a low-pressure relationship, and then as much as telling him “I can’t give you my whole heart” when he’s later responding on that level is kind of a shitty thing to do.

    Dotty doesn’t strike me as deliberately manipulative, but that’s still emotionally manipulative behavior.

    • Spriteless Girl
      Spriteless Girl
      June 22, 2020 at 1:03 am | #

      Hell, raw emotions are manipulative. Belle in Twilight is hella manipulative without planning a thing.

    • Sam
      Sam
      June 22, 2020 at 3:04 am | #

      It. Is not. Dorothy staightforwardly told him the truth. Dorothy told her current feelings at the time and is now telling him her current feelings at the time. It isn’t manipulative to be honest. Dorothy can both have fallen in love with him AND decided ‘we are not suitable for each other even if it is tempting and fun’.

      These aren’t mutually exclusive and it isn’t manipulative to admit your feelings or thoughts on something changed. It would be manipulative if she planned it or only said these things to get something/hurt someone but it’s not manipulation if these are your honest thoughts and feelings and you’re not saying them in a way to be purposefully spiteful/petty (a lot of guilt-trippy things said aren’t necessarily planned like you’d plan say a vacation but there is still a moment where they choose to do it in a spiteful way to make you feel guilty/regretful).

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        June 22, 2020 at 8:23 am | #

        It wasn’t deliberately manipulative, but it’s not that straightforward either. It was showing a conflict in Dorothy between what she felt and what she thought she should do. Set up originally as far back as before their first kiss, when she tried to convince herself it would be a distraction that she didn’t have time for, then she went and kissed him anyway. Or the limits she put on the relationship, but then couldn’t stick to herself. Or eventually the pause, which was a lie.
        She acknowledges it when they break up.
        Thinking a little more, I think the manipulation was more in the limits – using them to try to keep some distance, then ignoring them herself while Walky does a better job of sticking to them.

  27. Hazel
    Hazel
    June 22, 2020 at 12:36 am | #

    Love Dorothy in this strip. Lot of warm expressions.

    • Hazel
      Hazel
      June 22, 2020 at 1:49 am | #

      Now that I’ve thought about it some more, Amber and Walky’s relationship HAS been about living each day like their last. Dorothy and Walky may not work out, but this logic is reason enough that Amber and Walky will surely crash. I hope they realize this and honestly re-evaluate if their relationship is good, if they need to change themselves, or both.

      I definitely had an Amber and Walky relationship once. Do not recommend. Things can get ugly fast.

  28. Cholma
    Cholma
    June 22, 2020 at 12:40 am | #

    I’m going to need to see the Notary Public seal on that butt, Walky.

  29. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    June 22, 2020 at 12:41 am | #

    Is that really a counterpoint, or is it a rebuttal?

    • MK15
      MK15
      June 22, 2020 at 12:55 am | #

      #underrated comment
      Well done

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      June 22, 2020 at 1:04 am | #

      Perfect.

      It’s clear you are not the butt of this joke.

    • clif
      clif
      June 22, 2020 at 10:09 am | #

      Rebuttal implies refutation, which this isn’t. It’s just an invitation to look at the matter from the other end.

      • Reltzik
        Reltzik
        June 22, 2020 at 2:32 pm | #

        Well, Dorothy just made a case for faith (of a secular variety), and Walky is appealing to a posteriori knowledge…

        • clif
          clif
          June 23, 2020 at 12:26 am | #

          Have an Internet or two.

  30. mrnoidea
    mrnoidea
    June 22, 2020 at 12:47 am | #

    Real talk: Dorothy’s words are a big help.

    Ever since I graduated university, got a job and my own place to live, I had nothing left to strive for. Sure, I could make my own projects, but I’m like Walky—I get bored easily. Everything I’ve worked for has been part of something external, never purely for my own sake. Getting a degree and a job were things I felt I had to do. So even with 40 mg of Prozac, it’s hard for me to stay happy and see a future for myself unless it’s been decided for me. Everything else feels vapid, so I’m inclined to do vapid things anyway.

    But Dorothy says it’s pointless (though tempting) to live every day like it’s our last, because doing so means we think we can’t make our own future. That struck a chord with me because it reaffirms what I already know but need to practice: no one else can decide how the rest of my life will play out. I gotta have faith in myself, plan ahead, hold myself to my own goals, etc. I hate it because I feel I often lack willpower or motivation, but I know it’s necessary for a fulfilling life, you know?

    • ktbear
      ktbear
      June 22, 2020 at 1:08 am | #

      This is exactly me but without the prozac. Except, I get to the last bit about lacking motivation and willpower, feel the whole thing is too much hard work and go back to my games.

    • Hazel
      Hazel
      June 22, 2020 at 1:42 am | #

      Best of luck.

  31. Bagge
    Bagge
    June 22, 2020 at 1:00 am | #

    Come ON, Dorothy.

    It’s clearly Ruth’s turn to dump him.

    • Savail
      Savail
      June 22, 2020 at 1:06 am | #

      This.

  32. ktbear
    ktbear
    June 22, 2020 at 1:11 am | #

    Ruth?? That seems…unlikely, but I guess that was the point. I’d have thought we should give Lucy that chance though.

    • Puckish Rogue
      Puckish Rogue
      June 22, 2020 at 2:06 am | #

      I like Lucy (shes one of the few I could see myself dating) so no to Walky until he grows up a bit as she deserves better

    • Lingo
      Lingo
      June 22, 2020 at 10:23 pm | #

      Bagge is referring to the fact that when Dorothy broke up with Danny and with Walky, both times Ruth was present and wanted to do it for her.

  33. Opus the Poet
    Opus the Poet
    June 22, 2020 at 1:39 am | #

    Dorothy, that wasn’t nigh death, that was barely death adjacent. Now what Amber and Joyce just went through was very close to Nigh Death, especially for Amber and her fathersperm donor. Ruth and the truck, that’s Nigh Death but she ruined it by not resurrecting and walking away from the wreck.

    • Geneseepaws
      Geneseepaws
      June 22, 2020 at 2:17 am | #

      I don’t remember her creating a Save Point. So, no respawn?

    • Fart Captor
      Fart Captor
      June 22, 2020 at 3:28 am | #

      I would say being kidnapped by a man who threatened to kill you and actually DID kill someone in front of you more than qualifies as a brush with death?

      Like sure others came closer but literally any of them could’ve ended up like Ross if things had gone even slightly more sideways

    • Bicycle Bill
      Bicycle Bill
      June 22, 2020 at 4:57 am | #

      Opus, just because you and I have both gone sailing through the air after coming into contact with motor vehicles and survived to tell the tale doesn’t mean that this is the ONLY type of near-death experience out there, or that our experiences were more ‘legitimate’ than others.  Since Dorothy and Amber were approached by an attacker with malice in his heart, a deadly weapon in hand, and a stated intent to use it (before Amber got Dorothy out of harm’s way by pushing her into the entryway and then jamming the doors with a book), I would call that a near-death experience.  Just because she wasn’t stabbed/gashed and in danger of bleeding out or bear physical scars from the incident doesn’t mean that she still didn’t beat the Reaper – this time.

    • Eskimolos
      Eskimolos
      June 22, 2020 at 9:27 am | #

      Also why is this comment addressed at Dorothy when it is Wally asserting that this was a near death experience in an effort to get Dorothy to give him another chance. Of course she’s going to carry on with it, she’s specifically saying it isn’t her first time in a situation like this, not “omg I went through so much trauma just now” – she’s saying she knows what her priorities are and isn’t going to obsess over what happened to the detriment of her life and future.

  34. Jay
    Jay
    June 22, 2020 at 2:38 am | #

    *sadly takes off captains hat* I knew i got my hopes too high, but ah well.

    Dorothy is good person

  35. Keulen
    Keulen
    June 22, 2020 at 4:20 am | #

    So I guess Dorothy has caught Butt’s Disease too.

  36. Lone Duck
    Lone Duck
    June 22, 2020 at 4:50 am | #

    “Turabian citations, if you wanna get kinky.”
    *Dorothy swoons*

  37. Booker
    Booker
    June 22, 2020 at 7:27 am | #

    Damnit Walky…..grow up

  38. Alan in DC
    Alan in DC
    June 22, 2020 at 7:43 am | #

    How much time presumably elapsed since the cops and EMTs arrived at the Lincoln house, and now?

    Seems to me that it should be late afternoon at the earliest — assuming debriefing and medical & mental health attention for those involved, to say nothing of police interviews at the precinct and potential FBI involvement (assuming Blaine may be a known baddie in FBI files, and of course the DeSanto connection). How does one calmly walk away from a kidnapping and a murder?

    Campus security should have been more on the ball too. They’re going to have a lot to answer for.

    Oh, and where the hell is the Fox 59 news vehicle? Local reporters should have been en route even as Becky’s tweets were on the move, or at least monitoring police frequencies. Fire the assignment editor for incompetence.

    Good thing this is a webcomic and not the genuine article. Everyone of these students would have pulled out and applied to other schools before dinner; as well as filed suit against the college, Blaine, Amber, the agency that manages rental of the Lincoln house and whatever shards remain of Ross’ estate.

  39. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    June 22, 2020 at 9:10 am | #

    Curse your supple beach ball booty, Walky.

  40. Eskimolos
    Eskimolos
    June 22, 2020 at 9:23 am | #

    Walky is garbage, bring on Amber x Dorothy.

    Seriously though, how he managed to end up between two people devoting extreme levels of effort and discomfort to make themselves better people while he has traditionally and continuously put zero effort into himself on any level…

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      June 22, 2020 at 11:45 am | #

      I think you fail to take into account that his butt is very round.

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      June 22, 2020 at 2:58 pm | #

      In both cases, he provided an outlet to the sides of those women that wanted to relax and stop working for a bit — for Dorothy, as a way of goofing off, and for Amber, as a way to accept her less-than-perfect aspects. The contrast was valuable to both of them.

      … though, yes, it is aggravating to watch.

  41. KJ
    KJ
    June 22, 2020 at 2:12 pm | #

    if some dude pulled “are you sure you don’t regret dumping me” on me after we got out of a life-threatening hostage situation, i don’t think i’d be capable of dorothy’s nice, level-headed response, frankly.

    • Wereg
      Wereg
      June 22, 2020 at 3:50 pm | #

      Especially if aforementioned dude couldn’t even watch the already detained assholes while the rest of ’em dealt with a dying father. Seriously, he got jumped by fucking Faz. At least yell or something.

  42. Sombrero
    Sombrero
    June 22, 2020 at 3:08 pm | #

    That sounds really desperate, Walky.

  43. Jhon
    Jhon
    June 22, 2020 at 3:57 pm | #

    The mayor of Bloomingdale has posted a racist facebook rant about privilege. (now deleted) He’s been asked to resign. Search “mayor Bloomingdale privilege”. DYW can’t make up stuff like this.

    • Alan in DC
      Alan in DC
      June 22, 2020 at 4:15 pm | #

      Wrong state, wrong city.
      That happened in BloomingDALE, Ga.

      • King Daniel
        King Daniel
        June 22, 2020 at 6:26 pm | #

        Yep. Dumbing of Age is set in Bloomington, IN, for anyone wondering.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        June 22, 2020 at 9:19 pm | #

        General Sherman has entered the chat

  44. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    June 22, 2020 at 4:53 pm | #

    She likes round butts and she cannot lie

  45. Mr D
    Mr D
    June 22, 2020 at 6:50 pm | #

    Oh just bone you two

  46. adam Black
    adam Black
    June 23, 2020 at 1:51 am | #

    maybe Walky should ask Amazi-girl

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Disney, Universal sue image creator Midjourney for copyright infringement
Walt Disney and Comcast's Universal filed a copyright lawsuit against Midjourney on Wednesday, calling its popular AI-powered image generator a "bottomless pit of plagiarism" for its use of the studios' best-known characters.
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 6h
climb into the shower vagina
lebowski76.bsky.social's user avatarthe_dude @lebowski76.bsky.social ⋅ 14h
I have NO words
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 10h
Guess if they were gonna start remaking anybody in Studio Series it'd start with this guy. (Earlier version lightly Sharpied)
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Dan Larson @danlarson.bsky.social ⋅ 14h
The GIJoe Legacy Police Officer is conspicuously absent from today's Classified pre-orders. I wonder if Hasbro is trying to cut a deal with the President to release it in exchange for tariff relief.
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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social ⋅ 17h
When I heard the mom of a trans girl say the night her daughter came out to her was the first time she'd ever seen her child happy, I knew it was a story I needed to share. These are the stories the public isn't hearing. An honor to get to report on 3 family's journeys for @teenvogue.com.
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It’s as simple as love.
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 16h
huh wonder why the gijoe stream today was canceled what were they gonna reveal oh i see
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 16h
how dare this plushie not be available to me, an american
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-𝚖𝚘𝚡 @moxiest.art ⋅ 19h
leftists: that thing you teach us in school to be terrified of is happening historians: that thing is definitely happening star wars: here is a beat-for-beat breakdown of how the thing happens, but with pew pew lasers. we know you watched it news outlets: these protesters are out of control
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 17h
thinking about how fireflight's robot mode animation model is nonsense he just grows extra wings everywhere, like he transforms into biblically-accurate fireflight
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Matt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
A Well Regulated Militia (2020)
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 17h
iykyk
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Dinosaur Comics! @qwantz.com ⋅ 20h
the sega genesis is my favourite video game console named after a book of the bible. also i think the only one, but i could be wrong www.qwantz.com/index.php?co...
T-Rex: Suppose I theorized that
T-Rex: So far we're in Normal Land, but stay with me. Now, if I then SAW a black raven, then that'd be some nice evidence that supports my
Utahraptor: Seems normal to me!
T-Rex: IS IT THOUGH??

T-Rex: Sure, a black raven supports my
T-Rex: So we've LOGICALLY PROVEN that seeing SONIC D. HEDGEHOG is somehow evidence for all ravens being black!! BUT THAT'S NUTS! We're in CRAZY LAND now, and we all just have to live with this unsolved problem in logic!!
Off panel: Frig, my sanity!!
T-Rex: FRIG, MINE TOO!
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
dawn: ha ha, you believed the fish but not me!
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
Dumbing of Age: "Saturday" www.dumbingofage.com/2025/comic/b... #webcomics #webcomic
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Saturday
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
meaningful number!
damnyouwillis.bsky.social's user avatarDavid M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 3d
www.makeship.com/petitions/tr... Wanna Tricerahoodie Dina plush? GO PLEDGE FOR ONE! We need 200 people to make it happen! Pledge period will end in 10 days!
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Tricerahoodie Dina Plushie
Dina is so small and quiet that she goes completely unnoticed by most people for long stretches of time. She doesn’t talk much — she prefers to observe. People and how they interact is a puzzle to Din...
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Tirk @tirkarokujo.itch.io ⋅ 1d
im sorry but this is just indefensible, why the fuck is Judge Judy still on the air
mskellymhayes.bsky.social's user avatarPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
Chicago.
A city bus with the words Fuck ICE written on its windshield
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
worst where's waldo ever, he's right fucken there
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 1d
ahh nah, if it does attach on his back, it attaches upside-down from my expected arrangement, so guess that chunk of vehicle mode hanging off his back already is the "cape"
damnyouwillis.bsky.social's user avatarDavid M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Looks like the shield attaches via 5mm port to his arm, and there IS a 5mm port also on what becomes his back, so... maybe! If it doesn't get covered over in the transformation!
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
I've got a lovely box of Dorothy deedlely dee dee There they are all standing in a row
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
ACAB means Dennis the Menace
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEAk... all right, let's find out about everything amazon leaked yesterday
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Transformers Fanstream | June 2025 | Hasbro Pulse
YouTube video by Hasbro Pulse
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DollaryyDoos (she/her) @dollaryydoos.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
I don't care if I've said this before, unofficial or not, this is one of the best crossovers in history.
joechoui.bsky.social's user avatarJoe Chouinard @joechoui.bsky.social ⋅ 8m
My old 16-page comic where Frasier meets Columbo can be read on my website: joechouinard.com/columbo
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Dumbing of Age: "Self-serving" www.dumbingofage.com/2025/comic/b... #webcomic #webcomics
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Self-serving
Starting yesterday and for the next nine days, Makeship has begun collecting pledges for a Tricerahoodie Dina plush!  If we reach 200 pledges in those 10 days, Dina will be made! That sounds pretty ra...
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scott⚡️mccloud @scottmccloud.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
omg 😍 eeee! ♥️🧡💛💚💙💜
shaenon.bsky.social's user avatarShaenon K. Garrity @shaenon.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
The writer and artist from Understanding Comics drawn into the panel about survival and reproduction originally illustrated with a couple flirting in a bar. Understanding Comics gets into the weeds sometimes.
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
alpha trion's really been workin' out in this old age, just blastin' those abs
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
anyway, here's what A3 is writing: TILL ALL ARE ONE surprise!
damnyouwillis.bsky.social's user avatarDavid M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Flatline! Get it?????????
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Vangelus @vangelus.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
hey who needs leakers when the actual retail partners regularly blow more of the reveals in better detail right before streams happen lmao
tfw2005.bsky.social's user avatarTFW2005 @tfw2005.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Age Of The Primes Wave 3 + Exclusives First Look #tfw2005 #transformers
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Just in from Amazon France is our first look at Age Of The Primes Wave 3 + Exclusives! The post Age Of The Primes Wave 3 + Exclusives First Look appeared first on Transformer World 2005 - TFW2005.COM.
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